Wild peregrine falcon lays first egg at Cathedral of Learning nest in Oakland

WPXI Perregrine Falcon Wild Peregrine Falcon lays first egg at Cathedral of Learning next in Oakland. (National Aviary)

By WPXI.com News Staff

PITTSBURGH — A wild peregrine falcon nesting at the Cathedral of Learning in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh has laid her first egg of 2021.

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Morela laid the egg just before noon Wednesday, and it’s the first of up to five eggs she may lay over the next several days, National Aviary officials said.

Incubation starts when the second-to-last egg is laid and lasts about a month.

WPXI Wild Peragrine Wild Peregrine Falcon lays first egg at Cathedral of Learning next in Oakland (National Aviary)

WPXI Wild Peragrine Wild Peregrine Falcon lays first egg at Cathedral of Learning next in Oakland (National Aviary)

WPXI Perregrine Falcon Wild Peregrine Falcon lays first egg at Cathedral of Learning next in Oakland. (National Aviary)

Morla and her mate, Ecco, will share incubation duties. You can watch them on the National Aviary’s livestream.

Up until 2019, wild peregrine falcons were listed as endangered, but they are now considered threatened in Pennsylvania.

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